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...unorthodox style is the logical result of trying to ski the straightest possible line down the hill. Instead of using sweeping arced turns through the gates, he cuts shorter, sharper-radius turns. "Challenging the line that way increases the force on your body, and it reacts differently," says McNichol. Although he has been no stranger to the podium over the past four years, Miller burst out of the gates this season. He won four of the first six races, and six of the first 10. While other skiers might take until December to start skiing their best, Miller says, "Four...
...blast hurled concrete debris, bitumen wrenched from the road and shrapnel from what appeared to be artillery shells over a radius of three city blocks. It gouged a 2-m-deep, 8-m-wide crater into the street; the shock wave shattered windows streets away, including all those on the al-Hamra hotel's east side...
...It’s not like cell towers, where one tower is enough to cover a huge radius,” he said. “Wireless access points only cover 50-60 feet of space, so we have to do a lot of construction in order to cover the areas that we want to cover...
Imagine flanking your home stereo with birds of paradise rather than a pair of speakers. The Ka-on flower speaker, housed in a vase, below, or pot, uses real plant parts--stems to conduct sound waves, leaves and flowers to serve as cones--to fill a 16-ft. radius with music. Its audio quality is closer to that of a vinyl record than a CD, but for some audiophiles, that's a good thing...
While there are approximately 10,000 a capella groups within a 100-mile radius of Cambridge, the Fallen Angels are Harvard’s only all-female group with a modern repertoire. Come see their Fall Concert with the Columbia Kingsmen and the Gumboots Dance Troupe featuring songs by a wide range of artists from Marvin Gaye to Michelle Branch. Free. 7:00 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland Street...